Roland S. Mitcham

Published 12:00 am Saturday, November 1, 2014

Funeral services for Roland S. Mitcham, 92, of Leesville will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in Leesville with Bro. Walter Collins officiating. Burial will follow in the Evans Cemetery under the
direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Visitation will be Wednesday, Oct. 29 from 6-10 p.m. and on Thursday, Oct. 30 from 8 a.m. until service time in the funeral home.
Roland, the son of William Hebert and Ladel
Perkins Mitcham, was born Feb. 10, 1922 in Evans. He passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 28 in Leesville.
Mr. Mitcham served at Pearl Harbor during World War II. He served on the Vernon Parish School Board for eighteen years.
He was
preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Nona Thompson Mitcham; daughter, Bobbie Smith; and brothers, W. H. Mitcham, Jr., Earl Mitcham and John M. Mitcham.
He is survived by his daughter, Maxine and Jimmie Dale Smith of Evans; brother,
Garth Mitcham of Fannett, Texas; sister, Nellie Rose and Jack Stevens of Austin, Texas; grandchildren, Clifford Dale Smith and Debbie, Charles Arnold Jr., and Dawn, Chad Arnold and Angie and Frank Bonner; and a host of other family and friends.
Words of comfort may be expressed to the Mitcham family at www.labbymemorial.com.